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LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY, ' AUG.: 18th; -1965
Single Copy 10c 16 ' .Pages
Civic Holiday Accideflt Causes Dean
Of Four -Year -old Mary LynnGlenn
MaryLy1111 Glenn, four-ylr-old entire community ' where . Mary,
er, •of • Mr, and. Mrs.'Oliver Lynn..•spent her brief childhood
Taught
Glenn: of ; Lucknow, tiled in. Vic- Acts of kindness and -expressions
,toria Hospital,. in London on• Fri ? .of .sympathy.,were ,mangy, to the
da August 6th ; as' a < result of sorrowing•parents' ,,, nd ya ,_.
„ 'injuries.
. � . This
a d{ young �sis-
xnatur�es:: received .
in •an, accident `ter.: This type ' of human kindness
in,- Lucknow four*days, earlier on: is only found. in a small . commun-
Civic Holiday, August 2nd. ity where the loss to the Glenn
• Mary . Lynn, who had observed family was in some way. felt'
by
her '4th birthday on 'July .30th, most, everyone in Lucknow and
was crossing Stauffer Street at surrounding area; '
the northern 'outskirts •of the vil- Besides the parents Oliver. and
lage. She was crossing from east Lenore ' (Adams) ; Glenn, Mary
y
.to west irom the. residence of Mr. Lynn is survived . by :a .nine- ear
and Mrs. 'Carl'• .Whitcrof�t, where old sister, ,Janine Ann and grand -
she
. had ''been playing, to her own parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Glenn
home. on the west side of the road of Dungannon and William Ad -
when' , she.. was struck by a car :. ams of gTeeswater, • •
driven by • Jack .. Aitchison of the The funeral service : was con-
Kinlough area. Jack was proceed- ducted from the Johnstone Fun-
' ing north . on the. Lucknow-Holy- eralhome in Lucknow OD Mon
rood road and' was alone : at the 'day, August 9th. Rev. J. R. Kin
• time. ' ;The accident occurred a-. of Walkerton and formerly:of
,
bout three in the. afternoon. Lucknow conducted the 'service.
The youngster ,was thrown to . Burial was in Greenhill Cemtery
the west, side of the road and ren- with 'six uncles,. Raymond, Rob-
dered `; unconscious. .She was . im- bert. and Clarence :'Ad'amgs. • and
mediately removed to hospital. • and ,Harold, Gerrie and .Vernon Glenn
remained in thisunconscious icon- acting • as pallbearers. ` Six coos
dition in ' London until , her death ins acted ' as • flowerbearers Lm -
four days later. ' The accident' was '
'.'investigated : .by village police
chief, Joe Vienneau.
The tragic . ; death numbed the
1
da '.Glenn of Toronto, •David and
Allan•, .Pocock of Clinton,: John,.
David and. Mary: Lou Adams of
Whitechurch.
BUYS ' LUCKNOW : HOME;
Alex `'MacLeod of Lucknow has.
purchased the home and contents
• of Miss Laura Archer ' on Rose St.
Lucknow which . is situated next
to the `'Brooks home : which Mr.
MacLeod purchased a few mon-
ths ago. The : former Archer home
with its .contents' is being offered
for resale at an auction this Sat-
urday. Miss Archer is now '.a res-
ident of Brucelea Haven, ' Walker-
LONDON
alker-
ton
DY' `DIES
ND
LO ,ON LA
Mrs:. Harvey A. Anderson : of
London, : the , former Helen Pen-
man 'Somerville passed a*ay at
Y
the home of her '`daughter. , and
son-in-law 'Mr. and Mrs. ' : Denis'
Donnelly of 'Pinkerton on August
4th.
The funeral service was conduct
ed from, -MacKenzie ": Memorial
Chapel *on Friday, Auguat..6th...
;FORMER LUCKNOW' LADY'S
HUSBAND, DIES .:SUDDENLY
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Funeral. services were ° held.' in
Sarnia on Monday ,of thisweek
for Donald ` Graham of Sarnia
who passed away . in Sarnia Gen-
eral' Hospital, in :his .54th year.
Burial was in Lakeview Ceme-
tery there. '
Mrs. Graham is the former Joy
Henderson of Lucknow, ',daughter
of Mrs: , Wellington' Henderson and
;the late Mr. Henderson of .Luck-:
now:
Mr. Graham is survived by his
wife, one son Gerry of •Sarnia and
two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Don
anise)' Avery' of Point Edward
and Sharon:. at home; one. .broth-
er W. M: (Mac) Graham . of Tor-
onto and two sisters Miss M. E.
Graham of Dresden and Mrs. Ar-
Bold (Gretta) De Clute,Toronto.
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Horse and Buggy, Model A To 37 Chev
For Aubvrn Mailman of 25 Years:
Lookingback .the past 25 years and .his assistant, Gordon Mc-'
a.. . . carrier,Charles ' Clinchey arrived:' back at the 'post
s a .r Tal mail
u
Scott, John Street, Auburn, ;re office ' at 12..p m: with • their.. team.
• ,calls many memories . delivering and sleigh. That was the time' of
Her Majesty's Royal Mail on Rur- a heavy snow storm and the train
• .`.el Route, No. 2.,out of ,Auburn., , • had missed coming for two. days;
prior to ' that time, so . the mail
Mr. Scott' was. awarded ,;the had 'accumulated and ,was heavy.
' mail contract for' this `route in Mail carrier Suitt has'' followed.
'July, 1940.' • This 251/i .mile route
' at the 6th concession of. : • turns •with interest the . lives of every
starts .north out of Auburn, West ,one on. the,` 'route; sharing:. their
sand sorrows;
Wawanosh to go through Denny- happimes In his diary he has 'recorded
brook and St. Augustine to Glens 74 deaths,52 marriages ,and. 135
Hill, . From here he turns south largest.. •• an • for.
'' to Dungannon; • then east, to Pro - births. • The g y
rite • up Con: 4.'to to births in one family was .that of
perity and •13 children, born to Mr. ,and .Mrs.
Moss's.rnail-box and his last call John Foran. Seven deaths "in, .the'
is, rile farm of John,. Foran: Ferguson Thome on the 6th' are re-`
: ,T� x , Ferg ,
he first 15 years, the mail was called.- '
delivered byhorse and buggy in . Scott was 'ofte called'_ upon
'the summer and by horse and to deliver medicine for Dr. p. c.
cutter in winter, until the roads Weir, 'and'bread and baby bottles
• became: snow bound and then ' a from• the local stores.
team of horses, and sleigh were . i hli ht of. the trip through
g A.hg g
brought' into service.. In 1940 the ;years behind the horse, was
there were 90 boxholders but now. a
daily lunch and hot drink.
only 73 because the smaller farms brought out to him at the mail-
er
• being' incorporated into larg- .box by Miss Josephineimt. *Allis-
,
land: holdings. • ter. . • • ,
Three . ears , o. :the postal• reg- After the horse-drawn vehicles, �
u ' ah . and mail charlie drove a Model A Ford un-
lations were .changed.. .,,
for, Dungannon' Village all came •til this spring. when' he • took his
through the Auburn Post Office 1937 Chevrolet coach • for. his mail .i
.
and delivered , by mail carrier car.. his work•.and
Scott to the Dungannon Post. of He has enjoyed
Tice, 'while en route. on R.R. 2.• ` each day looks ,forward "to meet -
He started his career 'with Post- ing his many friends on Rural
masterl fred 'R llinson and other Route Two Auburn. .
carriers were Bert Marsh of R:Maine and
R. 1 and. the late'George Dawson Mrs.. Sid Gardner, •
on R.R. 3,but now sorts mail un -"Brian returned last Saturday from
"' derpostmaster Kenneth Scott. a three weeks visit in Calgary,
,,
• . He� means man... changes Alberta, where they visited wi
through ,the years:: ' in the roads, :her two sons Bill and Keith and
and stated' that 22''`years 'ago he his wife Nancy:
Grade 13 Results ,
At LD.H.SI.
Following ° pare the results: of
the ' Grade •13 Departmental, ex-
aminations 'written at the Luck-
now District High School.
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Bonnett, • Jean—Bot. C, : Chem
C.
Bradley, `Phyllis—Eng. C„ Hist.
C, Zool. C.
Button; ' Margaret (Peggy)-�-.
Bot. C, Ztol:' C.
Gibson, Esther—Eng I,; . Hist.
I, Bot. C, Zool. I,: Latin III, Fr. C.
Jamieson, Dianne—Eng. C.
Murdie, Mary—Eng. C, Zool, C..
Rathwell, Barbara—Eng. C, : Bot.
III,'
Zool.. ;III, Chem. C, Fr. C.
Rathwell, Beverly--: Alg. C,
Geom. C, Zool. C, ' Physics : C,
Chem. C.
Thorburn Joyce—Eng. C.
Anderson, 'James—Eng. II, Hist,
C, Bot III, Zool. , C, Lat. C, Fr. C.
Brown, Edward—Eng. ; C, Hist.
III;. Bot. I, . Zool. II, • Lat. II, . Fr.
III
Button, , Ro —En . C,.:.0
Roy—Eng, Alg.
Geom. III,.` Physics C.
Cowan, .Glen _Eng. C, :Geom. C,
'Trig.: C.
--Dickie,-Douglas—Geom, C, Phy-
sics,
hysics; III, Chem. C.
Hodgins, Donald—Eng. Alg.
C, : Geom. 'C, Trig. C, Physics C,
Chem: C.
Hunter, Herbert Eng.: ' 1TI, Hist.'
C.
'Johnstone, Douglas—Hist. II,
Zool; C, Physics, ; C. • /'
MacKinnon, :. Douglas—Trig. C.
Pentland,' Roger :' Eng. C, Geom.
C., Trig.' C. ' .•
Taylor., Ken—Alg. C, Geom. II,
Trig. C, ' `Physics II, Chem. C.
Thompson, r. David—Eng. III,:'
Hist. III.
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Nelsofl `R�ynards
Mr. and, Mrs.:Nel n �a n ..
ao R y aid`
who recently moved to Lucknow
were ' presented with: gifts . ' from
the Zion . community where they
had resided for about. ' twenty
years. Raynards purchased the-
Hodge ..house across from Silver-
wood ' Dairies . at' the' north end of
town. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne H• ackett'
and Mr. and " Mrs. D. A. ; ;Hackett:,
made the.. presentation to the Ray -
'lards at their new home one
evening last week. The Raynards
received a clothes hamper, fold-
ing chair and a combination mag-
azine rack'and ash tray.
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Monument Erected
By Haackett Farnily
To honour ' the Hackett pioneers
members of the fourth,;fifth, six-
th and seventh generations of the'
Hackett 'family 'gathered at •�-Hac
kett's Church in Ashfield Town-
ship last Sunday August 15th, in.
the afternoon.. They dedicated' a
memorial ` so ,.that . the .. names
of . these pioneers : may be • kept'
alive in their midst and as a trib-
ute to their heroic vision and work
as pioneers.
Wm.. Irvin greeted'all present
and explained• the purpose of the
gathering, The hymn "Faith Of
Our Fathers" was sung. Jerry: Ir-
vin• read. Psalm 90. The historical
statement . was given ' by Melvin
Hackett:. Douglas Hackett• read a
'poem,
ev.• G. W. Kaiser of Hackett's
hft
rch addressed the gathering.
C
Alexi and Tom Hackett performed
the unveilingof the Monument.
, ,
Rev: Kaiser gave they dedication.
prayer and benediction.'
About 180 were present for the
occasion. Visitors. from 'a dis-
tance were from Ottawa, Edmon-
ton, Cochrane, Brampton, Guel-
ph; • ' Wiarton, Stratford, London
and Sarnia.' Lunch was served..
x A history of the Hackett family
was .prepared and; presented' to
present. The Sentinel hopes,'
those resent
when space :allows' it, to be able
to publish this history.
Dedicate (entenn aF Gates At fair
'Grounds, AI,. u 3Q
(by Mrs. Oliver McCharles)
In' spite of terrific heat' and a
downpour of rain over 300:' people
turned out 'to 'see , the: Dedication
ofT the •- Luckno*. Agricultural . Soc-
iety Centennial Gates on August
8, The Horticultural ;Society did
themselves : proud in the land-
scaping • and decorations provided
for' the occasion.
Oliver McCharles, president of
Lucknow' Agricultural Society,
was . chairman and called'on the
Lucknow High School band under.
the . leadership of. . Elwin Hall , to
open the service'with; ' the hymn
"Faith of Our; Fathers".
Wilfred Drennan, taking Rev.
Howard,Strapp's place read the
scripture lesson after which
Stuart- Robertson. and Oliver 'Mc-
Charles unveiled the flag covered.
plaques. Rev William'Henderson'
of Woodstock dedicated' . the', 'plaq-
ues and.*offered prayer. Lloyd` Ac-
kert .'introduced F. A. Lashley'
from the Department ..of Agricul-
ture, who along , with the help of
Stuart Robertson, cut. the ribbon
and ,,brought. greetings.
The Past Presidents :were in-
troduced; by Donald Maclntyre. and
People 0
those present were Stuart' Rob-
ertson, Wallace Miller, George
Kennedy, Andrew Gaunt,,, Fred .
•McQuillin...and AllanMiller;